Stephen R. Diamond
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Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>P.S. Apparently the Finder (Mac OS X file manager) view that impressed me so much has
>got a name, Miller columns ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Columns ) and I ...
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>There are far more nonfiction books published each year (at least in the
>U.S., but I assume it is the same elsewhere) than books of fiction. Additionally,
>journalists and sch...
Google Chrome
9/3/2008
I had enthused about Safari's speed. Google Chrome, a browser that became publicly available today, is based on the same engine and is at least as fast on my system, speaking subjectively.
I need not...
Question for the lawyers
6/15/2008
MindGenius for brainstorming and NoteMap for creating a linear outline. With MS Word the possible exception, MS OneNote is probably the most useful program in my repertoire. I use it for analyzing cas...
MacBook experience...
4/29/2008
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>6. There are some nice applications for the
>MacBook, but none that have really blown me away and made me think that, yes, this is
>lightyears ahead of what you can get on a...
Mac Software
4/18/2008
Kind of surprised no one mentioned tau, which I've heard is the most feature-rich Mac outliner.
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I have really appreciated all the great suggestions. I've learned of some new,
>...
New look at old, boring controversy
3/26/2008
Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
> But the
>minimalist design philosophy cuts much deeper than that. Efficiency is prized over
>power. I think that might be of the essence of what you buy into when going...
New look at old, boring controversy
3/26/2008
That's very interesting. Seldom can anyone articulate exactly what it different about the Macintosh interface.
Interface convention and minimalism aren't necessarily counterposed, if the convention ...
New look at old, boring controversy
3/24/2008
quant wrote:
>ehm, people usually use RSS for
>things like that (which is well executed in Safari btw.)
So, the availability of features and services to compensate for speed make speed immaterial...
New look at old, boring controversy
3/23/2008
quant wrote:
>Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
>>delivery, I can see why Apple did it. It changed my mind,
>anyway, in that on at least one
>>important dimension--maybe the most important
>one--Apple so...
New look at old, boring controversy
3/23/2008
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>
>I find the new Explorer has
>more emphasis on looks than efficiency, even if it does have tabs.
IE 8, in its first public beta, make efficiency-related changes, that and s...
New look at old, boring controversy
3/23/2008
In IE, Firefox, and Opera for Windows, one would usually assign the middle click (third button), where Apple uses control-click. The right-click brings the context menu in Windows and Safari 3.1 for W...
New look at old, boring controversy
3/22/2008
With the OS X progression proving more competent than Windows Vista and the sequelae, everyone suffers platform anxiety. Or platform smugness, if you're on the other side. Apple today made available i...
XMind
2/16/2008
Seem like one of the better mindmapping programs. I wonder a bit about its longevity, as it recently dropped its price about $100.
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>So I took the plunge and bought XMind. It is o...
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Stephen, I am fortunate b/c the material is in my field so I can quickly set the
>structure, all the more so when cloning allows for multiple appearances of the same
>thing -...
Daly,
I thought that by this morning I would remember the name of the program, but it still eludes me. In principle it sounds to me like what you are doing is a perfect task for that German multi-dim...
The optimal solution depends on the collection's purpose. But since you are under pressure, if I were you, in choosing a database I would emphasize : 1) my familiarity with the software and 2) its fre...
i2brain
1/15/2008
This looks like it could be an appealing application, although it probably requires too much visuo-spatial virtuosity than I can muster. Has anyone had any experience with it?
http://www.i2brain.com/...
Applications that have successfully migrated to Windows, after originating on the Mac:
Inspiration
Life Balance
Excel (I think, under a different name. Not sure of this one.)
Sciral Consistency
NovaM...
Until Apple finds a way to run Windows applications without the customer having to buy Windows, users will probably continue to choose operating systems by the quality of available applications. There...
OneNote Power
1/6/2008
Are OneNote users aware of the numerous OneNote powertoys:
Here's a sample. Unfortunately, I lost the url. Treeview powertoys might be of greatest interest.
ONENOTE 2007 SOFTWARE
Calendar Add-in giv...
Alexander Deliyannis wrote
>A few
>notes of caution on the above:
>
>- Brainstorm: I use it for much more than it has been
>intended for. I have a huge file with my academic notes and the program...
MaxThink question
1/2/2008
MaxThink's philosophy disapproves of heavy formatting in an outline. Its ability to export to Word, however, is unsurpassed.
OneNote
thelaw.net
Clipmate
MindGenius
Word
iRider
Brainstorm
Evernote
Outlook
CaseMap
(in order by intensity of use, as opposed to total use, to avoid penalizing late-adopted programs - except, Max...
Top Developments in 2007
12/31/2007
A couple more honorable mentions:
For continued substantial incremental improvements in hierarchical clip managers
AceText
ClipMate